Jozy Altidore highlighted an undefeated Thursday evening for Americans in European competition, scoring his seventh goal of the season as AZ Alkmaar secured a 1-1 tie at Metalist Kharkiv in UEFA Europa League play.Altidore’s 26th minute strike gave AZ the lead in Ukraine. But the host leveled terms in the 76th, six minutes before Altidore was substituted.

The Dutch club remains atop Group G at 1-0-1 thanks to goal differential. It hosts Austria Wien on Oct. 20.Altidore managed only six goals in his first three years in Europe combined, but he’s been on fire since signing with AZ in July. Since Aug. 7 the 21-year-old striker has four goals in the Europa League and three in the Dutch Eredivisie.

Forty-eight teams in 12 groups were in action around Europe on Thursday as the continent’s second-tier club competition continued, and American players went 6-0-1.

Midfielder Clint Dempsey had an assist, and at least two very close scoring chances, as Fulham won at Denmark’s Odense, 2-0. Dempsey set up English forward Andy Johnson’s 36th-minute winner. The English forward tallied a second with two minutes remaining. Fulham’s next Group K game is at Poland’s Wisla Krakow.

Oguchi Onyewu’s resurgence continued in Lisbon, where the defender went the full 90 minutes as Sporting CP defeated Italy’s Lazio, 2-1. Sporting played with 10 men for the final 40 minutes following a red card to defender Emiliano Insúa and held the Romans scoreless during that time. Sporting (2-0-0) hosts Romani’s FC Vaslui on Oct. 20.

Midfielder Sacha Kljestan played the full match as Anderlecht won at Lokomotiv Moscow, 2-0, in Group L play. At 2-0-0, Anderlecht is alone in first place. The Brussels club will visit Austria’s Sturm Graz on Oct. 20.

Steve Cherundolo captained Germany’s Hannover 96 to a 2-1 triumph over Vorskla Poltava of Ukraine. Hannover is 1-0-1 Group B and hosts FC Copenhagen on Oct. 20. Defender Jonathan Spector also went 90 minutes as Birmingham City scored twice in the second half to win, 2-1, at Slovenia’s NK Maribor. City (1-1-0) visits Club Brugge on Oct. 20 as Group H continues.

Even Jermaine Jones got into the action. The midfielder, who’s spent the last couple of months on the furthest end of Schalke 04’s bench, played the final 13 minutes as the German club defeated Israel’s Maccabi Haifa, 3-1. Schalke’s next Group J match is in Cyprus against AEK Larnaca.